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A PVM-Based Parallel Implementation of the REYES Image Rendering Architecture

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Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface (EuroPVM/MPI 2002)

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In this paper a PVM-based distributed platform of the well known REYES rendering architecture developed by Pixar is presented. This work effectively tackles issues related to load balancing and memory allocation by a master-slave paradigm. In particular, the rendering is distributed performing both an image and an object space subdivision; in this way, low memory resources are necessary to the slave side. Examples show the effectiveness of the proposed work.

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Lazzarino, O., Sanna, A., Zunino, C., Lamberti, F. (2002). A PVM-Based Parallel Implementation of the REYES Image Rendering Architecture. In: Kranzlmüller, D., Volkert, J., Kacsuk, P., Dongarra, J. (eds) Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface. EuroPVM/MPI 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2474. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45825-5_31

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